Gate.



G. J. FRIEND.

GATE.

APPLIOATION FILED JULY. 1911.

Patented Mal. 19, 1912.

UNTTED sTATEs PATENT oEErcE.

GEORGE J'. FRIEND, OF KINGSLEY, OREGON.

GATE.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that 1, GEORGE J. FRIEND, citizen of the United States,residing at Kingsley, in the county of W'asco and State of Oregon, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Gates, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to farm gates, and has for its object to providesuch a gate of simple and durable structure which may be easily andreadily moved to open position and which will automatically move toclosed position.

A further object of the invention is to provide such a gate which whenin closed position is securely held against lateral movement withrelation to the gate posts and which cannot be lifted from its bearingsor supports by stock.

A further object of the invention is to provide, in a gate structure, aframe of peculiar arrangement the parts of which are so assembled as tomutually contribute to brace the gate structure, whereby a lightstructure may be effected and at the same time the entire gate may beconstructed from metal.

For a full understanding of the invention reference is to be had to thefollowing description and accompanying drawing in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the gate; Fig. 2 is a horizontalsectional view of the same cut on the line 22 of Fig. 1.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated in all the views of the accompanying drawingby the same reference characters.

The gate to be described is used in combination with a supporting post1, a latch post 2 and a guide post 3. The posts 1 and 2 are arranged atthe opposite sides of a roadway in the usual manner, while the post 3 islocated at the side of the road beyond the supporting post 1. The saidposts 1, 2 and 8 are preferably in alinement with each othertransversely of the roadway, or approximately so.

The frame of the gate is preferably formed from sections of iron pipeconnected together by joints commonly used in conjunction with suchpipe. The frame consists of a top rail 4 which is made up of twosections pitched at a slight angle with relation to each other. Pipesections 5 and 6 depend from the top rail 4 and constitute Specificationof Letters Patent.

Application filed July 6, 1911.

Patented Mar. 19, 1912.

Serial No. 637,194.

the inner and outer edges respectively of the gate. The said sections 5and 6 are connected together by a bottom section 7, and the upperportions of the sections 5 and 6 are connected together by a section 8which is spaced from one ofthe sections of the top rail 4. Theintermediate parts of the sections 7 and 8 are connected together byvertical sections 9. This constitutes the frame of the gate proper, andthe openings between the sections 7 and 8, 5, 9 and 6 are closed by ametallic fabric 10 of any desired size of mesh.

A roller 11 is journaled upon the post 1 at the upper portion thereofand lies between the top rail 4 and the upper section 8 of the gatestructure. A bracket 12 is attached at its upper end to the side of thepost 1 and at its lower end to the shaft or support of the roller 11 andserves as means for preventing the top rail 4 from being dislodged fromits position upon the upper portion of the periphery of the said roller.A guide 13 is fixed to the lower portion of the post 1 and the bottomsection 7 is adapted to slide between the said guide and the side of thesaid post. Retaining cleats 14 are fixed to the latch post 2 and areadapted to receive the frame section G when the gate is in closedposition and the free end portion thereof is against the side of thepost 2. A latch 15 of any desired form is mounted upon the post 2 and isadapted to engage the frame section 6, whereby the gate is held inclosed position.

A standard section 16 is mounted upon the intermediate portion of thetop rail 4 and a truss member 17 is trained over the upper end of thestandard section 16 and is connected at its opposite ends with theopposite end portions of the top rail 4, and is so tensioned as to holdthe sections of the top rail in proper relation to each other. A bracesection 18 is connected at its inner end with the lower portion of thesection 5 and at its outer end is connected with the outer end of thetop rail 4. The brace section 18 is provided with a portion 19 which isparallel with the outer end portion of the top rail 4. A roller 20 isVjournaled upon the post 3 and is adapted to pass between the top rail 4and the portion 19 of the brace 18, but the said roller is of suchdiameter that when it is in contact with the top rail 4 it barelyescapes the portion 19 of the brace 18 and vice versa. A bracket 21 isfixed at one end to the post 3 and extends down over the top rail 4 andis connected at its lower end with the shaft or support of the pulley21.

The said bracket serves as means for pre-v rable gate structure iseffected and that it is impossible for the stock to lift the gate oI ofits supporting rollers 11 and 20, nor can the stock force the gatelaterally away from the supporting post 1 or the post 3 and the latchpost 2 when the gate is in closed position. At the same time an operatormay readily manipulate the latch 15, whereby the gate may be slidlongitudinally across the supporting post l to open position and when itis desired to permit the gate to close the operator simply releases thesame, whereby the section of the top rail 4 above the gate section 8, byreason of its slight angular disposition to the other section of thesaid top rail, will move by gravity along the periphery of the roller11, whereby the gate will gravitate to its closed position. When thegate is in closed position the portion 19 of the brace 18 will be underthe periphery of the roller 20 and in contact with the same, and thusthe weight of the gate structure will be supported at its upper andlower portions adjacent the post 1, and the gate structure will not havea tendency to sag down over the roller 11 which it would have if thebrace section 18 together with its portion 19 was not employed inconjunction with the roller 20. As the gate is moved to open positionand the center of gravity of the gate is shifted with relation to theroller 11, the preponderance of the weight is positioned between therollers 11 and 2O and consequently the outer portion of the top rail 4will descend against the periphery of the roller 20 and the entire gatestructure is supported in open position by the rollers 11 and 2O beingin contact with the top rail 4.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

In combination with a supporting and a guiding post, each having a journaled roller thereon, a gate comprising a top rail having endportions in anticlinal relation, a gate frame depending from one of saidend portions, a brace connected at one end with the lower portion of thegate frame and at its other end with the outer end of the other endportion of the top rail and having an outer portion extendingapproximately parallel with the adjacent end portion of the top rail,the top rail resting upon the rollers and the inner end of the gatelocated between the rollers, a standard mounted upon the top rail, overthe inner end of the gate, and a truss member connected at its ends withthe ends of the top rail and passing over the Lipper end of thestandard.

In testimony whereof, I my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE J. FRIEND. [L. s] Witnesses:

O'rro BUSKUHL, J. I-I. HURD.

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Washington, D. C.

